The 12 educators and two services professionals will be recognized at the Board of Education meeting on January 23, 2018
Washington Township Superintendent of Schools Joe Bollendorf announced the district’s 2017–18 Teachers and Educational Services Professionals of the Year. The 12 educators and two services professionals will be recognized at the Board of Education meeting on January 23, 2018, at 7 p.m. The meeting has been moved to the 11/12 auditorium of Washington Township High School to accommodate the honorees and their guests.
“We are proud and excited to announce and recognize this year’s Teachers and Educational Services Professionals of the Year,” Bollendorf said. “These educators represent all that is good about our Washington Township schools. They are all dedicated professionals who have devoted their lives to the challenge of educating and helping to shape the lives of the youth of our township. This recognition honors that service and thanks them for their many contributions on behalf of our community, our schools, and most importantly, our children.”
-A list of the 2017–18 honorees follows-
2017–18 Teachers of the Year
Grenloch Terrace Early Childhood Center
Anita Bucci, kindergarten teacher
Bells Elementary
Guy Campagna, physical education teacher
Birches Elementary
Kristi Fuller, second grade special education teacher
Hurffville Elementary
Stephanie Bruno, second teacher
Thomas Jefferson Elementary
Bernadette (Bunny) Fugaro, fifth grade special education teacher
Wedgwood Elementary
Leslie Mitcham, second grade teacher
Whitman Elementary
Tia Cade, fifth grade teacher
Bunker Hill Middle School
Monica Westerby, seventh grade and eighth grade math teacher
Chestnut Ridge Middle School
Antonia Benecchi, orchestra teacher
Orchard Valley Middle School
Linda Wienckoski, seventh grade english language arts teacher
Washington Township High School
Barbara Kopas, 12th grade english teacher
Leigh Ann Hall, chemistry teacher
2017–18 Educational Services Professionals of the Year
Elementary
Connie Meeks, kindergarten speech therapist, Grenloch Terrace Early Childhood Center
Secondary
Jenny Hudock, Washington Township High School nurse
